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Table Of Contents
- User's Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Migration with Converter Standalone
- Converter Standalone Components
- Converter Standalone Features
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installation Space Requirements
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Restoring VCB Images in Converter Standalone
- How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to the Destination
- Changes That Conversion Causes to Virtual Hardware
- TCP/IP Port Requirements for Conversion
- Common Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems
- Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- Install Converter Standalone in Windows
- Uninstall, Modify, or Repair Converter Standalone in Windows
- Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows
- Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
- Perform a Local Installation in Linux
- Perform a Client-Server Installation in Linux
- Uninstall Converter Standalone in Linux
- Modify or Repair Converter Standalone in Linux
- Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server
- Converting Machines
- Convert a Machine
- Start the Wizard for a Conversion
- Select a Source to Convert
- Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine
- View Setup Options for a New Virtual Machine
- Select the Destination Folder
- Organizing the Data to Copy to the Destination Machine
- Distribute Disks over Several Datastores
- Distribute Volumes over Several Datastores
- Create or Delete a Target Disk
- Move a Source Volume to a Target Virtual Disk
- Modify the Settings in the Source Volumes List
- Change the Target Datastore for a Destination Virtual Disk
- Create a Thin Provisioned Disk
- Create a Linked Clone
- Change Device Settings on the New Virtual Machine
- Change Network Connections on the Destination
- Control the Status of Windows Services During Conversion
- Advanced Customization Options
- Synchronize the Source with the Destination Machine
- Adjust the Post-Conversion Power State
- Install VMware Tools
- Customize the Guest Operating System
- Edit the Destination Computer Information
- Enter the Windows License Information
- Set the Time Zone
- Set Up the Network Adapters
- Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details
- Remove System Restore Checkpoints
- Set Up the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine
- Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine
- Customize a Standalone or Workstation Virtual Machine
- Customize a Virtual Appliance
- Configure the Product Properties of an Exported Virtual Appliance
- View the Summary of a Conversion Task
- Convert a Machine
- Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
- Configure a Virtual Machine
- Save Sysprep Files
- Select a Source to Configure
- Select the Options to Configure
- Customize a Virtual Machine’s Guest Operating System
- Edit the Computer Information of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Enter the Windows License Information of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Set the Time Zone of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Set Up the Network Adapters of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details of a Configured Virtual Machine
- View the Summary of a Configuration Task
- Configure a Virtual Machine
- Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks
- Glossary
- Index
“Supported Source Types,” on page 21 contains supported third-party file types and supported versions.
Procedure
1 On the Specify Source page, select Backup image or Third-party virtual machine from the Select source
type drop-down menu.
2 Browse for the source virtual machine or image.
3 (Optional) To view information about the selected source, click View source details.
4 Click Next to proceed to the Specify Destination page.
What to do next
You can now select the destination for your new virtual machine.
Select a Virtual Appliance Source
You can convert a virtual appliance to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine or a standalone virtual
machine, such as Workstation 6.x.
The data you can view on the Appliance details page depends on the OVF version of the source you selected.
Only OVF 1.0 sources can contain deployment configurations. If OVF 0.9 and OVF 1.0 source virtual appliances
do not contain deployment configurations, you can only view the virtual appliance details.
For OVF 1.0 sources that contain deployment configurations, you can also select the product configuration.
Selecting a different product configuration might affect the hardware settings and properties default values
of the target virtual machine created to run on a vCenter Server 4.0 or a Workstation destination.
Prerequisites
Converter Standalone supports, as sources, OVF 0.9 and OVF 1.0 virtual appliances that contain one virtual
machine. Virtual appliances that contain multiple virtual machines are not supported.
If you select an OVF 1.0 source and it contains at least one required product with properties, you can only
convert it to a vCenter Server 4.0 destination. ESX 4.0 is not supported as a destination for OVF 1.0 sources that
contain required products with properties. If the source OVF does not contain any required properties, you
can select an ESX 4.0 hosted destination as well.
Procedure
1 On the Specify Source page, select Virtual appliance from the Select source type drop-down menu.
2 Complete the Choose virtual appliance pane.
a To convert a virtual appliance from your hard drive or a network location, select File System from the
Location drop-down menu and browse for your virtual appliance.
b To convert a virtual appliance uploaded on a Web server, select URL from the Location drop-down
menu and enter the URL in the Enter the web location field.
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